Art

  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

This scroll shows the great Tibetan tantric master Padmasambhava. He is said to have travelled to Tibet in the 8th century in order to establish Buddhism there. Legend has it that he first conquered the demons and deities of the reigning Bon faith and forced them to serve as protectors of Buddhism from then on. Here he is displayed as a high-ranking teacher and founder of the Nyingma School. The figure is depicted in a lively fashion and with much attention to detail. Padmasambhava is embedded in a landscape of mountains and flowers and surrounded by several deities.